One of the trickiest things with depression and anxiety is that they can steal your motivation to do the things that will take you to a better place mentally.
Any of us who experience depression or low mood will know how it is to have the internal battle of knowing that a walk for example will make us feel better, but struggling to find the energy to get up and go do it. 
Those of us with anxiety may relate to feeling wound up, having the thought that doing a mindfulness meditation will help us, but feeling that we'll be too anxious to make it through to the end of the recording.
It's a catch 22 that we need to stop in it's tracks. If we wait til we feel like doing the thing that will help us, we'll never do it. Anxiety and depression will see to that. However, if we can do our best to ignore the feeling and do it anyway, over time, the depression will lift, and the anxiety will soothe. 
If you're not feeling great today, do something. Take a walk or do some yoga, do a meditation, phone a friend, something. It's a step in the right direction. Do the same tomorrow and you've taken another step, same the next day, and the next. Before you know it, you'll be in a better place.

Instructions for "Move the Morning Blues":
When you get up each morning, immediately move your body, some suggestions are:

• Do some yoga
• When you take your dog or cat out for a pee run around with them for a bit
• Go for a run (even if it's just running up and down the hallway!)
• Do some good old-fashioned start jumps
• Dance to a song on the radio

If you think you don't have time, think of all the time you'll save by not feeling sluggish and grumpy all day. That's worth 10 minutes!

Many of us wake in the morning and are immediately inundated with thoughts of all we have to do today, this week, this month, this year... Agh!
If we don't do something to counter this, we can walk through the day feeling burdened and blue.
It can be difficult to tackle this mentally, because the mind is already so busy there doesn't seem to be room for anything else!
This is where the body can come to the rescue. Moving the body in the morning gives you energy for the day, and helps you shift perspective. Exercise releases endorphins, which make you feel happier and brighter, and more able to tackle your to-do list in a positive way.
​The trick, like most things that are good for you, is to do them even if you don't feel like it! You'll thank yourself later...